The Wayward Apprentice (A Stephen Attebrook mystery Book 1)

The Wayward Apprentice (A Stephen Attebrook mystery Book 1)

Stephen Attebrook, a crippled knight facing poverty and ruin, seems condemned to a quiet life when he takes a position as deputy coroner in the small town of Ludlow. <br /> <br />But instead, he plunges into a web of murder and intrigue. <br /> <br />A death Attebrook rules an accidental drowning turns out to be a murder, and he must find the killer with little evidence pointing the way. <br /> <br />Then a commission to return a runaway apprentice pitches him into the midst of a conflict between a rebellious earl and King Henry III that is about to erupt into civil war. <br /> <br />Caught up in the twilight struggle among spies readying for war, Attebrook races to defend the apprentice against a charge of murder while dodging killers in the employ of one of the factions. <br />Thirteenth century England has never been brought more vividly to life than in the pages of The Wayward Apprentice.